Section 288(1) in Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965
(1)No person shall, without or otherwise than in conformity with a licence from the Municipal Health Officer, carry on the trade of a butcher, fish-monger or poulterer or use any place for the sale of flesh or fish intended for human food in any place within municipal limits at a distance within three kilometers of such limits: Provided that no licence shall be required for a place used for the selling or storing for sale of preserved flesh or fish contained in airtight and hermitically sealed receptacles;Provided further that no licence shall be required for any place included in a public market established by or vested in a Panchayat Samithi or Zilla Parishad.